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| President dissolved Parliament considering the request of the masses - Reggie Ranatunga Gampaha South group correspondent The Freedom Alliance Government to be formed with a great majority under the leadership of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will not allow anyone to engage in any arbitrary acts and it will reactivate the local economy by ensuring justice to the working class, the government servants and the former community, said Gampaha district Freedom Alliance, candidate and former MP Reggie Ranatunga at propaganda meeting held at Asgiriya organized by the Asgiriya SLFP branch. Ranatunga further said President dissolved Parliament considering the request made by all masses dissatisfied by past two years of UNF administration. Rapidly increasing corruption, cost of living, broken promises given to the farmers, the working class, and the government servants by their bogus budget were the hardships for the people to request for a new government. Prior to the dissolution of Parliament some UNF Ministers demanded to dissolve the Parliament. But now they blame, because they know that a large number of their supporters in rural areas are rallying round the Freedom Alliance. The UNP should know that the 2001 general election was not requested by the people. The country had to face the polls due to a conspiracy by certain extremists politicians with the support of the business racketeers, who crossed over to UNP for money an personal gain. The forthcoming election is a good opportunity for the voters to defeat such opportunists. Ranatunga said the UNF politicians make various allegations to cover up their defeat at the forthcoming election. Today the people of the country are politically and socially well advanced. It would be a hard task for anyone to mislead the people. Ranatunga called upon the people to defeat the UNF and bring the Freedom Alliance to power to create a prosperous Sri Lanka under the leadership of the President. Western Provincial Councillors Prasanna Ranatunga, Lionel Jayasingha, former Pradesiya Sabha member Nimal Shanta and several others addressed the meeting. |
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